1896.] ME. H. H. DBUCE OK BOBNEAN LTC^NID^. 677 



Mr. de Niceville makes Myrina hypohuca, Hew., the type, whilst 

 mine was Myrina martinet, Hew. 



Mantoides, gen. uov. 



Allied to Manto, de Nicev. Fore wing with three subcostal 

 nervules as in that genus ; inner margin longer and deeply bowed 

 outwards just before its middle ; a large tuft of long hairs attached 

 to the inner margin where it is thus bowed and lying over a patch 

 of differently placed scales. Hind wing with a very large shining 

 patch from the costal margin extending to the lower wall of the 

 cell, bearing upon it a small patch of differently formed, shining 

 scales, placed at the junction of the subcostal nervule. 



Type, Mantoichs licinius. 



This genus belongs to the group which has the inner taU the 

 longest. It differs from Charana and Jacoona in the possession 

 of secondary sexual characters, and from Manto in these characters 

 being differeul ly placed — the tuft of hairs being situated on the 

 underside of the inner margin of the fore wing, whilst in that 

 genus it is on the upperside of the hind wing. 



Mantoides licinius, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. figs. 10 c?, 11 2 .) 

 iS . Upperside : fore wing blackish brown, slightly paler towards 

 the base : hind wing blackish brown, with the anal third pure 

 white ; a very large smooth paler shining patch extending all over 

 the costal margin down to the lo'wer wall of the cell, and reaching 

 to the apex, and bearing on it at the base of the subcostal nervule 

 a small steely-grey patch of roughened scales ; a rather small 

 black spot in the lobe and two larger marginal black spots, one in 

 the submedian interspace, the other in the lower median inter- 

 space ; an anteciliary black line to the white area, thickening into 

 spots at the termination of the two median nervules ; anal margin 

 greyish. Underside : fore wing yellowish buff, darker towards the 

 outer margin ; inner margin broadly shining greyish, with a darker 

 central spot covered by the tuft of buffi-coloured hairs : hind 

 wing paler buff ; anal area whitish, and, as on the upperside, with 

 the addition of an inner band composed of four black disconnected 

 irregular markings divided by the nervules ; the black spot on 

 the lobe being larger than on the upperside and crowned with a 

 few blue scales. Thorax and abdomen above brown, beneath buff- 

 coloured ; legs buflF; antennae black above, white-spotted below_, 

 and with pale brown tips. 



2 ■ Differs only from the male in the upperside being a paler 

 shade of brown and in the absence of the shining patch on the 

 hind wing, and in the pale inner margin of the fore wing below 

 being without the gloss. (The inner margin of the fore wing, 

 as is usual in all this group, is nearly straight.) 



Expanse, J 1-j^, 5 If inch. 



Kina Balu ( Waferstr. and Everett). Types Mus. Stand. 



This interesting species is remarkable for the close similarity of 



